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Wysong holds back invaders to win at his home track

July 22, 2006 – West Valley, UT. …Jimmy Wysong led every lap but that fact is far from indicative of how hard Wysong had to work to win the USAC Western Sprint Car feature event Saturday night at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Once a year the USAC Western series drivers invade Utah to battle with the RMR competitors. And for the second year in-a-row Wysong thrilled the partisan packed house with a victory.                                  

“This is a dream come true”, said the happy winner immediately following his 50-lap triumph that saw him running laps below the track record. “Those laps don’t count as a track record so that doesn’t mean squat” said the defending champion of USAC’s Rocky Mountain Region.

However, it was crucial that Wysong’s #1 was working so well considering that California’s Brian McClish turned the fastest lap of the race with a 13.953 second time. McClish was reeling in Wysong who led from the green flag from his inside front row starting spot.

The race climaxed on lap 44 when a charging second-place McClish was forced to lift off the throttle in turn four as Wysong drifted up the track under heavy pressure. McClish lost the runner-up position to Ryan Burdett but the two drivers mounted one more challenge to Wysong in thick traffic on the last tour of the ½-mile paved oval. The charge came up short as Wysong crossed the finish line .126 seconds ahead of Burdett, and McClish.

Tony Hunt set quick-time for the meet in time-trials with a lap of 14.157 seconds. Jimmy Waters, Shauna Hogg, and Wysong were heat race winners. Hunt won the semi-main.

The USAC Western Sprint Cars will appear next at Altamont MotorSports Park in Tracy, CA Saturday July 29, 2006.

USAC WESTERN/ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 22, 2006 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways
 
            QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Hunt, 4, Kaiser-14.157; 2. Jim Campbell, 66x, Campbell-14.268; 3. Dave Fitzgerald, 32, Hamblin-14.272; 4. Mike Murgoitio, 20, Hamiltion-14.308; 5. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-14.357; 6. Jimmy Wysong, 1, Wysong-14.374; 7. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-14.382; 8. Mark Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.484; 9. Greg Anderson, 3F, Finkenbinder-14.505; 10. Bradley Galedrige, 21, Hamilton-14.540; 11. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-14.559; 12. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-14.589; 13. Jeff Bergener, 21x, Gunn-14.607; 14. Shauna Hogg, 5c, Hogg-14.682; 15. Rick Pardee, 10, Pardee-14.700; 16. Kenny Hamilton, 98, Hamilton-14.743; 17. Bryan Warf, 91, Warf-14.845; 18. Darren Rusconi, 66, Sullivan-14.873; 19. Branson Burdett, 3, Burdett-14.914; 20. Matt DeMartini, 6, Carr-14.914; 21. Trevor Cummins, 17, Cummins-14.927; 22. Dave Adamson, 51x, Adamson-15.037; 23. Jim Kaiser, 94, Kaiser-15.170; 24. Mel Andrus, 22, Andrus-15.402; 25. Mike Straub, 11, Straub-15.686; 26. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-16.831.
 
            FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, 2. J. Bergener, 3. Galedrige, 4. Murgoitio, 5. B. Burdett, 6. Hamilton, 7. Adamson, 8. Hunt, 9. Straub. NT
 
            SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hogg, 2. M. Bergener, 3. R. Burdett, 4. Swanson, 5. Warf, 6. Kaiser, 7. DeMartini, 8. Campbell. NT
 
            THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wysong, 2. Andrus, 3. Fitzgerald, 4. Rusconi, 5. Pardee, 6. McClish, 7. Anderson, 8. Cummins. NT
 
            SEMIFEATURE: (10 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. Anderson, 3. McClish, 4. Campbell, 5. DeMartini, 6. Cummins, 7. Hamilton, 8. Adamson, 9. Kaiser, 10. Straub, 11. Mitchell. NT
 
            FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Jimmy Wysong, 2. Ryan Burdett, 3. Brian McClish, 4. Mike Murgoitio, 5. Dave Fitzgerald, 6. Kody Swanson, 7. Mel Andrus, 8. Rick Pardee, 9. Shauna Hogg, 10. Jim Waters, 11. Mark Bergener, 12. Jeff Bergener, 13. Bradley Galedrige, 14. Tony Hunt, 15. Jim Campbell, 16. Kenny Hamilton, 17. Branson Burdett, 18. Bryan Warf, 19. Matt DeMartini, 20. Jim Kaiser, 21. Greg Anderson, 22. Darren Rusconi, 23. Trevor Cummins, 24. Dave Adamson, 25. Mike Straub, 26. Marvin Mitchell. NT
                       
 
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1-50 Wysong
 
NEW WESTERN SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:  1-Hunt-435; 2-Murgoitio-402; 3-Galedrige-359; 4-Swanson-342; 5-McClish-341; 6-Hogg-274; 7-Nick Rescino Jr.-240; 8-Jeff Gardner-210; 9-DeMartini-205; 10-Kaiser-194.

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